Meath group honoured at IPB Pride of Place awards

Girley Bog Meitheal were honoured at the all-Ireland 2019 Pride of Place Awards held in Kilkenny on Saturday evening. The Meath conservation group took top spot in the Creative Place category, edging competition from the Zero Waste project in Kildare and the Soloheadbeg Centenary project in County Tipperary. The judges...
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Ashbourne Fire Station Celebrates 20th Anniversary

On Friday last, November 29th, Ashbourne Fire Station celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of Ashbourne Fire station. Back in the mid to late 1990s, Meath County Council decided to provide more strategic fire cover for the town of Ashbourne and its surrounding areas which were rapidly increasing in...
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Three Meath Groups bid to win at the this years Pride of Place Awards

Hundreds of unsung heroes from across the Island of Ireland will descend on the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny, on Saturday for the 2019 IPB Insurance Pride of Place awards. Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the Community Sector’ the Pride of Place awards is an annual competition organised by Co-operation Ireland and sponsored...
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Meath County Council adopts €139m budget for 2020

Meath County Councillors have adopted the budget for 2020 which provides for expenditure of over €139 million on services next year, an increase of €15million from 2019. Councillors adopted the annual budget for 2020 at a meeting on Monday afternoon with plans for increased spending across a number of areas...
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Meath Climate Matters Photography Competition

#MeathClimateMatters Photography competition "A picture paints a thousand words" and nothing allows us to look at how others see our world more than photographs. Why not show us how you see your world... Our World. We are asking you to show us what you are doing, how you are making...
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Aura Navan wins the 'Outstanding' Facility Award

Aura Navan wins the 'Outstanding' Facility Award at the National Quality Standard Awards held on Friday, November 8th at the Johnstown Estate, Enfield. Ireland Active, the ‘Leisure, Health & Fitness Industry’ representative body, announced awards for the top Leisure, Fitness and Hotel Leisure facilities across the country on the night...
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Clean Air Week 2019

November 10 , 2019, Cabra, Dublin – The Green-Schools Travel programme together with students from St. Finbarrs’s N.S, Cabra officially launched Ireland’s first Clean Air Week 2019 at a student demonstration-style event outside their school gates recently. Clean Air Week will run from Monday, November 18 to Friday, November 22...
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Dail gathering inspires change and action

The 15th November was just a normal day at school for most Irish school children, however, for 157 young people from all walks of life and from every part of the country the 15th November was a day for making history, a day they will never forget. 157 students, ranging...
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Kells Photography Club present 'Meath Through the Lens'

Meath County Council Arts Office is delighted to present a new exhibition by the Kells Photography Club entitled: Meath Through the Lens Meath Through the Lens will show at the Toradh2 Gallery located in the newly renovated former Courthouse in the centre of Kells town from November 13th until January...
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Navan presented with Purple Flag

On Thursday night last representatives from Meath County Council and County Meath Chamber travelled to Melton Mowbray to be presented with the prestigious purple flag and accreditation certificate. Navan received news in September following an 11 month campaign that it had being awarded the Purple Flag for its evening and...
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